Travel in Saga
Yutoku Inari Shrine
Yutoku Inari Shrine · 祐徳稲荷神社
Yutoku Inari Shrine is in Kashima city, Saga Prefecture. Walk the grounds, see its red buildings and worship.
Include the garden and museum if they interest you. Ordinary worship is free; the garden and museum charge separately.
Visitor information
Admission
Ordinary worship is free. The Japanese garden costs JPY 200; individual Yutoku Museum admission costs JPY 300 for adults, JPY 200 for university and senior high school students and JPY 100 for elementary and junior high school students. Garden and museum fees are separate from ordinary worship.
Opening hours
The Japanese garden and museum open 09:00–16:30, year-round according to official tourism information. Fixed main shrine opening hours and separate closure dates were not confirmed on the official page. Official enquiry reception is 08:30–16:30; this does not describe main shrine worship hours.
What to see at Yutoku Inari Shrine
See red shrine buildings and worship
Walk the grounds, see the red shrine buildings and worship. After the lower grounds, you can continue to higher areas.
Shrine visitor guide Kyushu Tourism Organization Yutoku Inari Shrine visiting hours
How to get to Yutoku Inari Shrine
Take a direct bus from Saga Station Bus Center to Yutoku-jinja-mae. After getting off, walk about five minutes through the shrine shopping street to the shrine. Buses from Hizen-Kashima Station are another option, but the direct Saga route does not change there. Check return services for your visit date in the official Yutoku Bus timetable.
Saga Line weekday return timetable October shrine return timetable and fares Official Kashima tourism: about five minutes through the shopping street from Yutoku-jinja-mae
Visiting tips
Allow extra time for higher areas
Allow around one to two hours for worship in the grounds. Higher areas require more walking; the garden or museum takes extra time. Check elevator fees and conditions on site.
Prefectural tourism body: free ordinary Yutoku worship, JPY 200 garden and paid facility hours Official Yutoku Museum hours and admission Kyushu Tourism Organization Yutoku Inari Shrine visiting hours
Check the return bus
The walk from Yutoku-jinja-mae through the shrine shopping street takes about five minutes. You also need to walk back to the stop, so set your finish time around the bus departure.
Official Kashima tourism: about five minutes through the shopping street from Yutoku-jinja-mae Yutoku Bus timetable
Questions about Yutoku Inari Shrine
Are Yutoku Inari Shrine's garden and museum free with worship?
No. Ordinary worship is free, but the Japanese garden costs JPY 200 and individual adult museum admission costs JPY 300 separately. Garden and museum hours are 09:00–16:30; these do not describe worship hours throughout the shrine.
Prefectural tourism body: free ordinary Yutoku worship, JPY 200 garden and paid facility hours Official Yutoku Museum hours and admission
Official sources
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- Prefectural tourism body: free ordinary Yutoku worship, JPY 200 garden and paid facility hours ·
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- Kyushu Tourism Organization Yutoku Inari Shrine visiting hours ·
- Saga Line weekday return timetable ·
- October shrine return timetable and fares ·
- Official Kashima tourism: about five minutes through the shopping street from Yutoku-jinja-mae ·
- Official Yutoku Museum hours and admission ·
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